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Leah Durant

brwnpaperbag — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:04:07 +0000

Based in Leeds, Leah Durant states that her primary passion is photography, which is melded with printmaking, collage, and drawing.

In collaged pieces, Leah’s photography is often non-specific and enlarged to highlight texture. Aesthetically, I love the diffused nature of her mark-making and photos, which speaks to the larger scope of her work. She writes:

The intention of my work is to visually record the subtleties in everyday life that we do not always notice or appreciate. For example, the idea of pausing and enjoying a moment that is right there in front of our eyes, such as a shadow on a wall, a piece of paper in the wind, or a reflection in a window. Through capturing details of things that may seem insignificant in our daily lives, the fragmented beauty of the subject is brought to the forefront and chaos is pushed back. Ultimately, the raw purity and fragility of the image is unravelled.

All images via her website/Tumblr.

Max-O-Matic

brwnpaperbag — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:12:03 +0000

Max-O-Matic, aka Máximo Tuja, is a collage artist working to create slick, quasi-minimalist pieces pairing color with vintage imagery. My favorite of his portfolio includes the Cream series, which, according to Max, was created “…during three feverish summer nights. Obvious links to hot, beach, surreal creatures and pop lyrics…” They are lively, strange, and fresh.

All images via his website.

Malin Gabriella Nordin

brwnpaperbag — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:15:32 +0000

I follow OCW’s Tumblr, and I found the work of Malin Gabriella Nordin through it. Her website, divided by years and subject matter. There is an exploration of shapes and collages yet very cohesive. A smattering of her work is below.

The stone or shape similar to it is very present in Malin’s work. Sometimes literally, other times merely implied. Either way, it has an organic and pleasing feel to me.

All images via her website.

Mario Zoots

brwnpaperbag — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:30:17 +0000

There is a certain amount of joy that I get from old but newly manipulated photographs, especially the ones that Mario Zoots has used. Glamour shots and school portraits can be so silly (did anyone have a background with LASERS in it?) so I enjoy the subversive nature of what Mario is doing. It is all apart of his portfolio, which also includes collage works.

All images via his Flickr.

Eva Vermeiren

brwnpaperbag — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:16:48 +0000

I love textures, and that is a large part why I am so attracted to collage and hand crafted work. Paper just feels so good! The work of Eva Vermeiren uses papers, line, brush strokes, and more to create non-representational pieces that study the marriage of line and paper.

All images via her Flickr. Check out her website, too!

Jockum Nordström

brwnpaperbag — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:06:36 +0000

Its nice having friends look out for you. In this case, Steven Riddle passed along to me the work of Jockum Nordström. Jockum’s work has a delicate hand, with flattened space and scenes of time passing, but in an abstracted and non-linear fashion. Collage is prominent in his work, but it is integrated almost seamlessly with other drawing techniques. I think it is lovely.

All images via the David Zwirner gallery.

Dawn Gardner

brwnpaperbag — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:55:03 +0000

Dawn Gardner, a recent graphic design graduate, uses digital collage and a clean use of typography to compose images that have several dichotomies to them. Compositions are both structural yet playful. They are abstract in their arrangement, but comprised of photographs. There is both focus and diffusion.

There is a certain amount of ease with Dawn’s work, and coming from someone drawn to images more than type, I enjoy that way that type is working with the text. It is readable, yet both componets of the image and composition can breathe.

All images via Dawn’s website.

Aarón Julian

brwnpaperbag — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:26:33 +0000

I first saw this by Aarón Julian, and was a bit terrified:

With no skin and an eye intact, my mind fills in the blanks to make sense of that image. Other collages by Aarón use some element of the human that’s been subtracted and/or misplaced. It really shows that small things, such as simply cutting the eyes out of something have a large impact on the mood and content of the piece.

All images via Flickr.

Virginia Whipple

brwnpaperbag — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:31:42 +0000

Virgina Whipple’s collages are 100% analog. They use photographs, colored paper, and strategically placed cuts.

Viriginia has different ways in which she utilizes the photograph in her work. Sometimes, elements of a picture are extracted for their color and texture. Other times, the photograph itself is kept nearly intact, but fractured by smallest cuts and movement. And, Viriginia creates a whole new story when objects are out of the composition of the photograph.

All images via her website. Check out her Flickr as well.

Collage Scrap Exchange — Now Live! Round 1!

brwnpaperbag — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:19:18 +0000

So I’ve been talking about this for a little while, and now it’s for reals.

The Collage Scrap Exchange on Brown Paper Bag is now happening!

Sign up here if you are a collage artist and interested in trading your scraps with other artists! Deadline to do this is next Friday, October 21!